NATIONAL PHD IN PEACE STUDIES

Department

Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Performing, Arts, Sapienza University of Rome

Main research activities/topics/projects

The Ph.D. of National Interest in Peace Studies (hereinafter PPS) establishes a forum for interdisciplinary and innovative research on the issues of conflict transformation, conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and peace building. PPS has been created to promote initiatives of RUniPace (the Network of Italian Universities for Peace) referring in its founding project to the values of Charter of the United Nations, the European Union, the Italian Constitution and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda.

 Universities adhering to PPS aim to develop higher education in the field of peace issues, in a national interactive context with an international level.

The overall objective of PSS’s project is therefore to promote interdisciplinary and transversal higher education and research pathways, providing innovative perspectives and impacting on a contemporary society dealing with dramatic phenomena. The inter-trans-disciplinary training encompasses studies from the traditional areas of social humanities (history, philosophy, arts and literary studies, law, economics, politics, sociology, anthropology, geography, communication, etc.), science (physics and mathematical studies, natural sciences, computer science), medicine (psychological studies, global health, etc.), technology and conservation studies (architecture, engineering and design, museographic techniques, heritage, etc.), while enhancing specific analytical, methodological and linguistic skills capable of promoting interaction with the most innovative gender and intersectional studies, postcolonial studies,  digital humanities, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

 For this reason, this Ph.D. is organised in 10 training curricula, which provide subject-specific teaching knowledge.

 Curriculum 1 - Technology, Sustainability and Peace

Curriculum 2 -  Identities, Memories, Religions, and Peace

Curriculum 3 - Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Peoples’ Rights

Curriculum 4 - Peace education and migrations

Curriculum 5 - Architectures and Landscapes of Peace

Curriculum 6 - Space, territory, resources, and narratives for peaceful pathways

Curriculum 7 - Peace economics

Curriculum 8 - Literature, Arts, Philosophies and Imageries of Peace

Curriculum 9 - Restorative Justice, Transitional Justice and Nonviolent Conflict Transformation

Curriculum 10 - Dynamics, processes and actors in international relations.

Working language

English, Italian

Duration in months (min-max)

PhD sandwich: